Quotes on Software and Syndication

Theodore Patrick: “The purpose of software is to simplify, automate, and save the end user time. The more time a piece of software saves, the more valuable it is.”

Anil Dash: “The magic isn’t RSS, the magic is syndication. The magic isn’t people manually creating feeds, it’s consistently being able to pull information into one place. With email, we get the benefits of aggregating information from many sources into one place. We also see the dangers of loosely defining and not checking data, as it becomes trivial to fake or corrupt any part and make things like spam.”